06/11/2010 Cortona

This part of the world really is beautiful. We're exploring Cortona today. The sun is shining and rarely have I seen colours this vivid. Autumn has to be my favourite season. There are trees with leaves so yellow they look like they irradiate light. Then there's the reds, browns and smoky greens, always broken up by the greyish leaves of the olive trees. Cortona is pretty unique. It doesn't have the touristy that less charming Italian towns seem to have acquired. There are a couple of cafes in the main square, but one you move away from the centre the buildings are mostly residential. Beautiful houses wit verandas and terraces, chimneys and green shutters. Even now, beginning of November, the sun still warms you up.